Chimney



A. GUSDORP.

I GHIMNBY.

No. 442,179. Y Patented Deo. 9, 1890.

IHl IIIIIIII] UNITED STATES PATENTV OFFICE.

ALEXANDER G ISDORF, OF RANCHES OF TAOS, TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO.

CHININEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,179, dated December9, 1890.

Application filed August 13, 1890. Serial lo. 361,852. (No model.)

To LZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER GusDoRF, acitizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Ranches of Taos, in the county of Taos andTerritory of New Mexico, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Chimneys, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to chimneys, but more particularly to anarrangement for facilitating the removal of soot, ashes, and othermatter from the bottomIof the chimney; and it is intended as animprovement upon the invention disclosed in my prior patent, No.426,532.

rlhe object sought to be accomplished is to produce a more simple,cheap, and etlicient construction; and with this end in view myinvention consists in certain novel features and combinations of parts,more fully described hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims. l

Referring to the accompanying' drawings, Figure l is a perspective viewof my complete arrangement, showing the door open; Fig. 2, a centralsection representing the door closed, dotted lines indicating the partsin open position; and Fig. 3, across-section of aportion oif the device,taken on line a' .t of Fig. l.

The reference-letter a indicates the chinr ney proper, and b the bottomof the same, which may consist of masonry, like the remainder of thechimney, or of a metallic plate, as represented in the drawings. Thisplate l) does not extend quite to the front of the chimney, but anoffset c is left, and the door d is hinged to the front edge of theplate, and thus when let down fits said offset against the shoulder ofthe same, thus lying flush with the base-plate, as seen more clearly inFig. Grooves e are left between the side edges of the base-plate and thesides of the chimney, and in these grooves fit the side slides f, whichbear closely against the sides of the chimney and are provided withbeveled upper Y edges g. Strips h, having corresponding beveled loweredges if, are secured to the chimneysides, and the upper edges of theslides fit the V-shaped grooves made by the lower edges of the stripsand the side walls of the chimney.

Then the side slides fare slid back to their farthest extent, theirouter ends will come flush with the outside of the front chimneywall andtheir inside faces will bear against the opposite ends of the door andinclose the latter, the front of said door also coming Hush with thechimney,being provided with a suitable rabbetjl forthis purpose. Thusthe parts in closed position maintain a compact adjustment and a neatappearance.

At each end of the hinged door d, on the inside face of the same, isformed an eye m, and about the center of the adjacent face of each sideslide is formed a similar eye n, and the door and slides are connectedby means of rods o, having hooked ends p engaging said eyes,respectively. As these rods are rigid, it will be readily seen that whenthe door is let down it willdraw forward with it the slides, and as thedoor has the same height as these slides its upper edge will come iiushwith the ends of the same when the parts are brought to the extendedposition shown inFig. 1, and thus the door and slides form a trough ordrawer from which the soot, &c., can be readily removed.

Among the advantages of my arrangement might be mentioned that thetrough thus formed is completely closed in at its sides, and hence inremoving the soot and ashes none can fall over the sides, and hence acleaner job can be donc.

It will of course be readily seen that upon closing up the hinged doorthe rods c will act to push back the side slides to their originalposition. A suitable fastening device r will be provided for locking thedoor in closed position.

It is evident thatv many slight changes which might suggest themselvesto a skilled mechanic could be resorted to without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limitmyself to the precise construction herein s hown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-a 1. The combination, with a chimney, of ahinged front or door, slides arranged at the sides ofthe chimney, andconnections between IOC in grooves in the sides of the chimney :md inclosing said door between them,v 'and rods oonueeting said door andslides, whereby the opening of the door causes the sliding forward ofsaid slides, substantially as described.

In testimony WhereofI afx my si gnatu re in presence'of two witnesses.as and for the purpose A ALEXANDER GUSDORF. Witnesses:

GEO. A. RAY, ALBERT GUsDoRF.

